Confirmed: Maria Bello will enter James Wan's haunted house thriller

It has been a rumor since April, but today we have confirmation: Maria Bello will tackle the lead role in the James Wan-produced haunted house thriller formerly known as HOUSE OF HORROR. (It is currently untitled.)

Bello, who also recently joined the revenge drama PRISONERS, will play a police psychologist. Here's the full synopsis:

The film centers on the aftermath of a horrific massacre: five college students, brutally murdered inside a decrepit, abandoned home. Fresh on the scene, detective Mark Lewis and the police departments psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein (Bello), question one of the few survivors who explains they were amateur ghost-hunters, seeking out paranormal phenomenon at the abandoned house, believed to be haunted. But what started out as a harmless activity turned into something truly terrifying, and the suspect claims the responsibility doesnt lie with any of the inhabitants, but with the house itself.

Dimension Films is producing the film, which is being helmed by Will Cannon from a script by Max La Bella. Shooting commences in Baton Rouge, LA, in January.